Education Minister Huw Lewis says that a database informing parents which schools contain the hazardous substance would not help public safety, More than 400 people signed a petition...
The Prime Minister is to review the way in which veterans dying due to being exposed to asbestos during their military service are compensated. During Prime Ministers Questions yesterday, David Cameron was challenged by Labour MP Dave Anderson over the unfair treatment of former service personnel...
Deadly asbestos is plaguing a site earmarked for a multi-million pound McDonald’s drive-thru restaurant – but the fast food giant says it still plans to open its new branch in Tonbridge next year. The large Cannon Lane development was revealed in 2014, but documents submitted to the council this...
The Independent has reported that thousands of British veterans who will develop terminal cancer due to being exposed to asbestos during their military service are being unfairly treated by the Ministry of Defence (MoD), campaigners and victims have claimed. Current laws mean that the MoD does not have to...
A cross-party group of MPs have called for the eradication of all the remaining asbestos in Britain. A report by the all-party parliamentary group on occupational safety and health calls for regulations requiring the safe, phased and planned removal of all the remaining asbestos in Britain. >> You can...
Asbestos found on the site of a proposed hospital will have to be removed as hazardous waste. The recommendation has been passed on to contractors due to start on the St Luke's project in Market Harborough...